Just a reminder that our annual Club 5K H/cap will take place tomorrow morning in Shanganagh. Check in from 9.15, usual race start area, near railway bridge, first off at 9.45. Juvenile 3k race also planned. As is usual for this event if you wish to bring a small gift, bottle of wine, chocolates etc to use as prizes, please feel free to do so.
Our Annual Drinks Night will take place in Duff's Lounge, Main St., Bray, on Thursday 12th Dec from 9pm. All welcome, bring a friend.
The Ballycotton 10 mile road race is one of the most popular races in the country and the demand for places last Friday was testament to that. After opening at 2pm, all 2,300 places available online were sold out within 90 minutes although there were some problems with the website being able to handle so many requests.
The form for postal entries can now be found HERE
Note however that these are now the only options for getting in....
1) If you are a member of an Athletics Ireland registered club then you have until Friday the 20th to get your entry in.
FERRYCARRIG 5MILE.
Some of our athletes may be interested in the following;
Date; 12th Jan 2014 at 1pm.
On line entry is available at www.runireland.com or www.activeglobal.com.
| Male | Female | |
| Winner | €200.00 | €200.00 |
| Time Bonus* (See below) | €100.00 | €100.00 |
| Second | €100.00 | €100.00 |
| Third | €50.00 | €50.00 |
| Fourth | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Teams (3) (Vouchers) | €120.00 | €120.00 |
| Junior (Vouchers) | €30.00 | €30.00 |
| Vet O/40 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Vet O/50 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Vet O/60 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
Tonight, Thursday 5th Dec., we had Rd 4 of our Winter League, a 10 x 400mtr 2 person relay. The race proved to be a very interesting affair with the lead changing hands on a number of occasions and the result in doubt up to the final few metres. The winners were the very experienced pairing of Pat McCourt and Christy Maloney, in 4th place after 1st leg they gradually moved through the field to win by 2sec from Diana Doll and Jason O'Connor. The final round will be held in conjunction with our Annual 5k Club H/cap, on Sunday 15th December, in Shanganagh at 9.30.
RD 4 10 x 400mtr Relay.
1st; Pat McCourt, Christy Maloney. 15 Pts each
2nd; Diana Doll, Jason O'Connor 14 Pts ..
3rd; Noelle Thorpe, Liam Casey 13 Pts ..
4th; Tony Brannigan, Gordon 12 Pts ..
5th; Colm O'hEigeartaigh, Nicola 11 Pts..
After 4 Rounds Leaderboard looks like this;
1st; Diana, 56pts
2nd; Jason, 55pts
3rd; Noelle, 51pts
4th; Liam, 50pts
5th; Pat, 42pts
6th; Christy, 32pts.
All could change after final round, lots of bonus points on offer.
Our Club was founded in 1983 primarily as a marathon running club, however over the years we have introduced a juvenile section and cover a wide range of athletic disciplines.
Bray Runners Athletics Club
Bray Head Terrace, Vevay Rd, Oldcourt, Bray, Co. Wicklow
brayrunnershs@gmail.com
Richard Hourihan Chairperson
Cyril J. Smith Hon. Treasurer
Orla Phillips Hon. Secretary
Collette Mason Child Welfare Officer
Emma Craxton Juvenile Representative
Kieran O'Leary Committee Member
Maureen O'Rourke Fit4Life Captain
Brian Murray Social Secretary
Caoimhe DeFrein Social Secretary
Well done to all our athletes!
